Gabriela McBride is the fifteenth Girl of the Year. She was released in 2017. Gabriela is a ten-year-old African American Girl. She is a dancer and poet who lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; she is an only child and lives with her parents, along with her cousin Red who is staying with them while his mom is overseas serving in the military. She has a stutter, and is using spoken word poetry to help with the situation along with speech therapy. She dances tap, hip-hop, and ballet at her community center, Liberty Arts. She loves poetry, and is very good at writing. She later becomes a member of her school's student council in Gabriela Speaks Out. Gabriela often tries to work hard and impress others, though she can be insecure about her stutter. She doesn't like backing down from her beliefs, and tries to speak from the heart. Sold as is: * Face Mold: Sonali Mold * Skin: Dark * Hair: Dark Brown, curly * Eyes: Brown To connect readers with Gabriela’s message and to bring awareness to spoken word poetry, American Girl has also partnered with Scholastic to create and distribute Express Yourself, a program for classrooms that empowers students to use the arts as a tool for self-expression.